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(Normal POV)

They arrived at Miley's house. There was a lot more cars and people there than when Alex was there before.

Nate's phone began ringing as they were walking towards the backyard.

"It's Macy." He said looking at the caller ID. "You guys go ahead in. I'll catch up later." He said turning around answering his phone.

Alex, Shane, and Justin walked to the backyard to see people standing around and in the pool.

"Hey guys!" Miley cheered when she saw them come in. "Glad you could make it." She hugged Alex, "I would love to stay and chat, but I have to be a good hostess." She rolled her eyes and smiled at Alex, "Have fun!" She said before walking off and greeting everyone.

Justin ran straight into the pool leaving Shane and Alex.

"Thirsty?" Shane asked.

Alex nodded. They both walked to the refreshment table. There was a big bowl of punch with cups surrounding it.

They both took a big whiff and instantly smelled alcohol.

"Nevermind." Alex said. "I have a bottle of water in the car. I'll go get that."

She walked back to the driveway where she heard yelling. The voice was very familiar.

"Macy! It's not that big of a deal! Stop acting like this!" She heard Nate yell. She had never heard him yell like that before. She was kind of shocked.

She heard him groan and his footsteps come closer. She didn't want him to see her and think she was eavesdropping. She began looking for a place to hide, but it was too late.

"Alex?" He caught her.

"Hey. I was just getting my water from the car." She pointed.

He ran his fingers through his hair, "Did you hear any of that?"

"Kind of… Are you okay?"

He shook his head, "It's nothing… I'll just see you inside." He said walking towards the party.

Alex watched him head inside.

"Hey." She said when she found Shane.

"Hey. Have you seen Nate?" He asked.

"I just saw him like ten minutes ago when I went to go get my water."

They both looked around. "Ehh, he's a big boy. He'll be fine." Shane said.

Alex was still worried. "Yeah, if I find him, I'll tell him to find you."

"Let's go swimming!" Shane exclaimed pulling her hand.

Shane threw off his shirt and dove into the crowded pool. He popped back and looked at Alex, "Come on Lexie! The water feels great."
Alex looked around, a bit self-conscience. She slowly took off her shirt and shorts.

Shane's eyes grew wider as did many other guys.

A couple of guys began whistling. "Is that Alex Russo?" One guy shouted.

He jumped out of the pool and grabbed a towel, covering Alex.

"Shane!" Alex said.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Going swimming?" She said; confused as to what he was doing.

"Like that?" He whispered.

She squinted her eyes, "Everyone is wearing a bathing suit."

"Yeah, but I thought you would be wearing the usual t-shirt and shorts."

She smiled, "Shane, I know it's kind of weird seeing me like this, but please, calm down. I'm fine." She pulled the towel off. She dipped her feet into the pool, getting use to the temperature. Out of know where Shane came running towards her and they both landed into the pool.

After they both resurfaced she hit Shane as she laughed.

He smiled, "What? You were taking too long!"

"I was getting use to the temperature!"

"Well now you're use to it."

Alex swam around for a little bit before getting out.

"Where are you going Lexie?" Shane asked, swimming to the edge.

"I'm going to get a towel. I think I'm done swimming. Plus it's getting a little crowded."

He nodded, "Okay. Well I'll be in here if you need me."

Alex gave him a thumbs up before walking to the table of clean towels. She was drying off her body when she caught Nate by the punch bowl. She watched as he chugged down a cup of the punch and stumbled deeper into the back yard.

She dropped her towel and followed him.

"Nate?" Alex said when she saw him sitting on the grass, secluded from the party.

He turned around. "Heyyy Alexsss!" He slurred his words.

Alex walked closer, "Nate? Are you okay?" She asked.

"Pshh, of course I am! I'm just admiring the grass… it's so grassy!" He looked up at her. "Wow, you look sex-say in that bikini."

Alex sighed, "You're drunk."

"Am not!" He pointed at her. "I only drank the punch." He pointed to himself.

"Well that punch was spiked. I'm surprised you couldn't smell the alcohol in it…" She crouched down and swung his arm around her, "Come on." He stood up with her help. "Let's go find Shane."

She struggled to drag his body weight, "Come on Nate…"

He looked up at the sky, "The stars are pretty." He looked over at her, "And so are you."

"Nate, stop talking, you're drunk!" She continued dragging him to the house.

He abruptly stopped, "No I'm not!"

Alex stood in front of him and crossed her arms, "How many of me do you see?"

He blinked a couple of times, "Uhh… two." He said holding up four fingers. He groaned, "I feel dizzy." He said falling forward.

Alex quickly caught him, "Oh goodness. Just work with me Nate, please."

They managed to make it back to the house and find Shane. He ran to them when he saw Nate slumping over.

"What happened?" He asked.

Alex picked up her clothes and threw them on, "He's drunk. We have to get him home."

Shane nodded and helped Nate to the car; where he managed to pass out. Alex sat in the back with him. "I've never seen him like this."

"He's never drank alcohol before. I don't know why he chose tonight to start. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a mistake either. I'm sure he knew there was alcohol in it the punch; an idiot would have known it was spiked. The smell was so pungent." Shane said.

Alex thought about what could have triggered him to start drinking, "He did have a fight with Macy… That could've been why he wanted to drink."

"About what?"

Alex shrugged, "I don't know." They pulled into the driveway. "Your parents aren't home, are they?"

"Nope, thank goodness. They're out of town till Tuesday."

They both helped Nate out of the car and upstairs to his room. Alex sat down next to him and brushed the curls away from his face.

Shane's phone started ringing. "Hello?... Oh crap man. Sorry! Nate was drunk and we had to bring him home… Yeah, she's with me…. I'll come back and pick you up… Okay, bye." He hung up. "That was Justin."

Alex suddenly remembered her brother was with them, "Oops."

Shane laughed, "Yeah… Do you think you can stay with him while I go pick him up? I'll be right back."

She nodded, "Of course, and if you wanted to stay at the party a little longer its fine. Sorry for making you leave."

"Hey, it's not your fault. It's his." He pointed to Nate. "Okay, well call me is you need anything or if you want to leave and I'll be home in a heartbeat." He kissed her head.

When she heard the front door close she turned to Nate, "Now it's just you and me." Nate groaned and turned to his side facing the wall. "…Or just me." She reached over and grabbed the remote and watched some TV.

After about five minutes of peace Nate started coughing and gagging. Alex turned to him, "Nate? Are you okay?"

He continued gagging until he vomited onto his bed.

Alex sighed, "Really Nate? Really? That's just great." She made him sit up, "Eww, you through up on yourself too." She said looking at the puke on his shirt. "Here, take it off." She walked over to his dresser and pulled out a clean shirt. She turned around to find him shirtless, lying back down on his bed. As much as she wanted to marvel at his body, she knew what she had to do.

"Here's a clean shirt." She helped him up.

"I don't want it! It's too hot." He said pushing it away. "Plus I always sleep shirtless."

"Okay, well can you at least move onto the couch for a bit while I change your sheets?"

He nodded and stood up, almost losing his balance. Alex caught him and helped him over to the couch.

She pulled off the dirty sheets and threw them into the washer, grabbing a new set and making his bed.

"Okay Nate, you can come lay back on your bed."

He walked over and stood in front of Alex.

"You're not going to throw up again are you?"

He suddenly threw his arms around her. She was so startled that she lost her balance causing both of them to fall on the bed, Nate on top of her.

"Ouch."

He lifted himself up and looked into her eyes "Thank you."

Alex was confused, "For what?"

"Everything." He said. He then rolled over onto his stomach, facing her. She turned her head and looked him. Their faces were only a couple of inches apart, Alex could feel his breath.

"You know you're really beautiful? I really like you." He whispered.

She looked at his ceiling, "This would've been way better if you were sober." She turned back to him, "Do you think you can stay here by yourself for a couple of minutes? I want to go home and change."

She began sitting up, but Nate threw his arm on her stomach, stopping her. "Please stay."

She lay back down and stared at him. He closed his eyes and after a while she heard him snoring.

(Nate's POV)

My eyes twitched open when the sunlight peaked through my blinds and hit my face. I tried moving, but stopped when my head started throbbing. I groaned, "What happened last night?" I asked myself. I looked around and saw that I was in my room, but I don't remember coming home last night. The last thing I remembered was talking on the phone with Macy and we got into a fight. She was mad because I didn't invite her to come with me and Alex was there. I told her I didn't know if I could bring anyone and Alex was invited. She started yelling at me and hung up. Then I remember having cups and cups of that nasty smelling punch.

I finally managed to sit up. I rubbed my eyes and looked around again. I turned to my left and saw a girl sleeping next to me and I noticed I was shirtless, "Oh crap..." I whispered.

I leaned in closer to see who it was, but I couldn't see her face because her long hair was covering it.

I lightly pushed her.

"Mmm…" She hummed and turned onto her stomach.

I still didn't see her face. I pushed her again.

"Shane let me sleep!" She mumbled into the pillow.

Shane? What's going on? I didn't know what to do. "I'm not Shane." I said.

She lifted her head and turned to me.

The wind got knocked out of me when I saw it was Alex.

"Lex?" I yelled. Then I grabbed my head, the migraine was coming back.

She got up, "Calm down. I'll go get you some water."

She climbed over me and walked out of my room. Now I was seriously confused. Why was she sleeping in my bed? Why was I half naked? Did something happen last night? All these thoughts were making my headache worse.
She came back into my room with a glass of water and a bottle of advil.

"Here, this should help."

I took the pill and gulped down the water. She sat next to me. I looked over at her. I didn't know if I should ask or not. I opened my mouth but nothing came out.

"Nothing happened." She read my thoughts. "You got a little wasted at the party so Shane took us home. We forgot Justin so he went back and I told him he could stay a little longer while I took care of you." She explained, "I must've fallen asleep too. Sorry."

I shook my head, "No, I'm sorry. I must've ruined your night."

She shrugged, "The party was getting boring anyways."

"Thanks for taking care of me… Did I do anything stupid?"

She looked down and it looked like she was thinking, "You did throw up on your bed." She pointed to the sheets, "I had to change the sheets… and your shirt." She laughed.

I felt so embarrassed. "Wow, sorry. That must have been gross." I stood up and stretched, "Thanks for everything Lex."

She nodded and stood up as well, "No prob." She touched my side and walked out.

(Alex's POV)

I grabbed my purse and phone before leaving Nate' room and noticed the orange light flashing on my phone, meaning I had a new voicemail. I clicked to see who it was from and immediately started listening to it when I saw that it was from Mitchie.

"Hey Lex, it's me. I know it's super early and you probably won't get this message till later, but I'm at the airport right now, and my flight got delayed for a couple of hours so I won't be home until tonight. I promise to come see you right when I get home. Miss you!"

I sighed and pushed end. I really wanted to see her. I really needed her advice.

I began making my way to Shane's room. I didn't know why he didn't wake me up when he got home, instead of making it a very awkward morning. I wanted to tell Nate everything that happened last night, everything he said, but I would look stupid. He didn't know what he was saying; he was wasted.

I opened Shane's door to see him unconscious on his bed. I walked over and jumped on him. He groaned and his eye's shot open.

"Morning." I cheered.

He grabbed his phone and looked at the time. I crawled next to him and lay down, pulling the blanket over myself. "What time did you get in?"

"I think around 2."

I hit him, "Why didn't you wake me up?" I whisper yelled.

"Sorry, you looked so peaceful. I didn't want to disturb you." He apologized. "Lexie… it's six in the morning, can we go back to sleep?" He mumbled; his eyes closed.

I yawned, I was still a little tired myself, "Yeah." I snuggled up to him. He threw his arm around me. I smiled. I hadn't slept over in so long, I missed doing this. Don't read too much into this, it's a best friend thing.

Fast-forward a couple of hours. Actually make that four hours. It was ten when I finally decided to actually get up. I walked downstairs to see Shane in the living room. "Hey."

"I guess sleeping beauty decided to get up." Shane joked.

"Thank goodness it's labor day. If there was actually school I would've skipped." I said sitting next to him. "So what happened to Justin?"

"He went home. I told him to just let you sleep over."

"Why didn't you move me to your room?"

He chuckled, "I would've, but Nate had you in a death grip. I didn't know how you could sleep with him hugging you."

I blushed, "Speaking of Nate… Where is he?"

"I think he went to breakfast with Macy." He flipped through the channels on the TV, "Are you hungry?"

I shrugged, "Kind of." I stood up, "I'll just make myself a bowl of cereal."

"No, let me treat you to breakfast. I haven't taken you out to breakfast since you've came back."

"But I just got back last week."
"Exactly, let's go to Andrew's."

My eyes automatically lit up hearing that name. Andrew's was the best diner in California, heck in the world. "Are you serious? I've missed that place so much. The whole summer without going there was awful."

"So is that a yes?" He smiled.

I giggled and nodded. I went home really quick and changed. I saw Justin passed out on his bed, his door wide open. My parents must have gone to work already.

I grabbed a coat and ran back out to Shane's car.

"So what happened last night?" Shane asked.

"Uh, Nate threw up, I cleaned his sheets, and he fell asleep. That's about it."

"Nothing else?"

I shrugged, "It wouldn't matter anyways. I'm so over him." I lied.

He looked at me weirdly, "Seriously?" He parked his car and we walked into the restaurant together.
We found our usual booth unoccupied and sat down.
"No!" I sighed, "But I'm trying to. I talked to Miley yesterday."

"About What?"

"Well, Saturday night Logan and I went on a date, just the two of us and he asked me to be more than friends. I told him I had feelings for someone else too and it wouldn't be fair to him, and he said he would be alright." I explained to him. "I couldn't get a hold of Mitchie and Miley was right there so I told her everything. She told me I should just go out with Logan because Nate and I would probably never be. Logan is the only guy I have ever liked besides Nate, and I should give him a shot…. So I think I might." I exhaled.

"Whoa." Shane said. He sat back and I guess he was thinking about what I said. "Well if that's how you feel, go for him. He's a good guy for you."

We sat in silence and I smiled at him, "I don't know how many times I've told you this, but I love you Shane. Seriously, I'm the luckiest person to have a best friend like you."

He smiled, "I love you too bud."

He stopped his car in front of my house. "Thanks for everything Shane." I leaned over and pecked his cheek. "Thanks for breakfast. I'll call you later." I got out and watched him park his car across the street. He got out and waved. I laughed and waved back.

I turned around and opened the gate to my house. I looked up and saw Nate sitting on my front porch.

"Nate?"

He looked up, he looked upset.

"What's wrong?" I asked, approaching him.

He stood up, "Macy and I broke up."

So I know it's been months since I've updated, and I'm sure no one is still reading this, which makes this embarrassing, but I just thought I would update. I can't believe its been over a year since I've published this story. Everything seemed to go by so quickly. I'm turning 17 soon and I'm entering my senior year in two weeks! I was a little freshman when I published my first story on here. Oh goodness, I feel old. I just finished some college application, so hopefully I'll get into the college of my dream. Okay, I'm going to stop rambling on now.

They're probably a lot of grammatical errors still, sorry, English is not my best subject. :P